Prioritized and contextual display of aggregated account notifications

• US 9,148,398 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Miller, Alison Beverly, Lemonnier, Samantha, Sonoda, Jaime Lynn, Samdal, Jamie, Maverick, Vance, Hwang, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hitesh
• Application Number:
  US13/802,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280657A1
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 715/768, 715/766, 715/802, 715/853, 715/854, 715/210, 715/764, 715/765, 715/767, 715/789, 715/811, 715/812, 715/821, 709/206, 709/203, 709/207, 709/219, 709/223, 709/224, 709/232, 702/150
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities

Abstract

Systems and methods of providing notifications are described herein. A user account for which a request to provide content is received is identified. Responsive to identifying the user account and the content requested, one or more notifications to be provided along with the requested content is identified. Each of the notifications has a corresponding notification type identifier that indicates a type of notification. A priority level for each of the notifications is determined responsive to a global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier. The priority level for each of the notifications can be determined by identifying the notification type identifier for each notification, identifying a priority level that matches the notification type identifier and assigning the notification the identified priority level.

Claims

1. A method for providing notifications, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a request for content specific to a user account;

identifying the user account for which the request to provide content is received;

identifying, from the request for content, a content type of the content;

identifying a set of notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content type requested, each of the notifications in the set having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

applying, to each of the notifications in the set of notifications, a global prioritization policy to determine a priority level of each notification based on a respective notification type of each notification;

determining the priority level for each of the notifications based on the global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier;

selecting, from the set of notifications, a subset of notifications to display based on the determined priority levels of each notification in the subset of notifications; and

providing, for display, the selected subset of notifications based on a notification display policy and the determined priority levels of the selected subset of notifications, wherein the selected subset of notifications are provided for display in a dynamic notification slot, the dynamic notification slot configured to adjust in size based on a number of unaddressed notifications;

wherein the global prioritization policy includes one or more rules for assigning priority levels to notifications, and the notification display policy includes one or more rules for formatting display of notifications based on respective priority levels of notifications to be displayed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set of notifications comprises identifying a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and identifying a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the priority level for each of the notifications based on the global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier comprises:

identifying, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identifying a corresponding priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assigning, to the notification, the identified corresponding priority level.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, the selected subset of notifications based on a notification display policy and the determined priority levels of the selected subset of notifications comprises:

determining a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

providing the identified notification for display in the determined format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, the selected subset of notifications based on a notification display policy and the determined priority levels of the selected subset of notifications comprises:

determining that the number of notifications having a first priority level is greater than a predetermined threshold number of notifications to display with the requested content;

selecting, from the notifications having the first priority level, the predetermined number of notifications according to a selection policy;

providing the selected predetermined number of notifications for display with the requested content; and

providing an object, which when accessed, provides the remaining notifications having the first priority level.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, for display, the selected subset of notifications comprises providing notifications having a first priority level for display at a first location of the display.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing, for display, the selected subset of notifications further comprises providing an indication of notifications having a second priority level for display at a second location of the display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested content is provided for display in a primary content slot.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the placement of the primary content slot is responsive to the size of the dynamic notification slot.

10. A system for providing notifications, the system comprising:

a data processing system comprising at least one computer processor, the data processing system configured to;

receive a request for content specific to a user account;

identify the user account for which the request to provide content is received;

identify, from the request for content, a content type of the content;

identify a set of notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content type requested, each of the notifications in the set having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

apply, to each of the notifications in the set of notifications, a global prioritization policy to determine a priority level of each notification based on a respective notification type of each notification;

determine the priority level for each of the notifications based on the global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier;

select, from the set of notifications, a subset of notifications to display based on the determined priority levels of each notification in the subset of notifications; and

provide for display, the selected subset of notifications based on a notification display policy and the determined priority levels of the selected subset of notifications, wherein the selected subset of notifications are provided for display in a dynamic notification slot, the dynamic notification slot configured to adjust in size based on a number of unaddressed notifications;

wherein the global prioritization policy includes one or more rules for assigning priority levels to notifications, and the notification display policy includes one or more rules for formatting display of notifications based on respective priority levels of notifications to be displayed.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the set of notifications comprises a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is configured to:

identify, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identify a corresponding priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assign, to the notification the identified corresponding priority level.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further configured to:

determine a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

provide the identified notification for display in the determined format.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further configured to:

determine that the number of notifications having a first priority level is greater than a predetermined threshold number of notifications to display with the requested content;

select, from the notifications having the first priority level, the predetermined number of notifications according to a selection policy;

provide the selected predetermined number of notifications for display with the requested content; and

provide an object, which when accessed, provides the remaining notifications having the first priority level.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the dynamic notification slot includes a first notification slot and a second notification slot, and notifications having a first priority level are displayed in the first notification slot positioned at a first location of the display and notifications having a second priority level are displayed in the second notification slot positioned at a second location of the display.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the global prioritization policy is customized by the user according to one or more preferences of the user.

21. The system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is configured to provide the requested content for display in a primary content slot, wherein placement of the primary content slot is responsive to the size of the dynamic notification slot.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions to provide information via a computer network, the instructions comprising instructions to:

receive a request for content specific to a user account;

identify the user account for which the request to provide content is received;

identify, from the request for content, a content type of the content;

identify a set of notifications to be provided along with the requested content responsive to identifying the user account and the content type requested, each of the notifications in the set having a corresponding notification type identifier indicating a type of notification;

apply, to each of the notifications in the set of notifications, a global prioritization policy to determine a priority level of each notification based on a respective notification type of each notification;

determine the priority level for each of the notifications based on the global prioritization policy and the corresponding notification type identifier;

select, from the set of notifications, a subset of notifications to display based on the determined priority levels of each notification in the subset of notifications; and

provide for display, the selected subset of notifications based on a notification display policy and the determined priority levels of the selected subset of notifications, wherein the selected subset of notifications are provided for display in a dynamic notification slot, the dynamic notification slot configured to adjust in size based on a number of unaddressed notifications;

wherein the global prioritization policy includes one or more rules for assigning priority levels to notifications, and the notification display policy includes one or more rules for formatting display of notifications based on respective priority levels of notifications to be displayed.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to identify a first notification corresponding to the identified user account generated by a first notification generation system and identify a second notification corresponding to the requested content generated by a second notification generation system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to:

identify, for each notification, the notification type identifier;

identify a corresponding priority level that matches the notification type identifier; and

assign, to the notification, the identified corresponding priority level.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to:

determine a format in which to display the identified notification based on the determined priority level; and

provide the identified notification for display in the determined format.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions to provide the requested content for display in a primary content slot, wherein placement of the primary content slot is responsive to the size of the dynamic notification slot.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17,

wherein the dynamic notification slot includes a first notification slot positioned at a first location of the display and a second notification slot positioned at a second location of the display, and

wherein the instructions to provide the selected subset of notifications for display include instructions to:

provide notifications having a first priority level for displayed in the first notification slot, and

provide notifications having a second priority level for display in the second notification slot.